Minecraft 15 Tips for Data Pack Creation! || Minecraft Datapack Tutorial

In this video I will be going through 15 tips that will greatly improve your ability to create your very own data packs inside of Minecraft. I included some footage in this video of me testing my tank data pack, which should have its own video released within a couple weeks. And if you need help setting up a data pack, I have a tutorial on my channel which you should go check out.

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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:36 - Plan Your Data Pack
1:11 - Get STARTED
1:39 - F3 Menu
2:19 - Online Tools (McStacker)
3:11 - Blockbench For Resource Packs
3:39 - LEARN AND USE /EXECUTE
5:00 - /data get
5:40 - Use Easier to Work With Scales/States
6:30 - Test Often
6:49 - Use /say To Test Your Work
7:19 - Check Loaded Functions With /function
8:03 - Divide Commands Into Separate Function Files
8:48 - Label and Divide Your Code With "#"s
9:15 - Write Where/How the Function is Being Called From
9:31 - Use Common Naming Practices for Tags, Labels, and Names

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[massivebrosive]

i just discovered data packs tbh, the capability of these things are crazy!! its like why bother with modding your game now (i know mods still have a few advantages, i think at least) ill be watching as much of your vids on these as i can and im looking forward to more!

[a_guy_in_orange]

6:49 oh so actual debugging, cout << "got here"

Edit: heck this whole thing is just proper coding practices, you just summed up like a semester worth of formatting lessons

[pinkius]

Some of these tips are also widely used in coding sphere, as well as tips from code is used in datapack creation, since these two things are quite similar

[barrier]

got you on my recommended and watching this vid helped me so i subbed :D

[apstamp]

You can download extentions for data pack making in VS code

[TimberForge]

I would love to answer any of your questions!

[_Guigui]

6.9k, nice
btw cool videos, I just subscribed

[kb]

I am just starting to learn about datapacks (literally over 1 week) I have this concept that would involve custom sounds (figured that out) area effect clouds, scoreboards, playing sounds in the area effect clouds, biome detection and time of day detection. But like where do I start?

[AbjectLucidity]

While I appreciate the content, I really wish there were more textual guides on datapacks. Most of the useful info is in video format, which is not conducive to work done in a text editor. Technical tutorials are much easier to reference when they are done as image/text. Just my $0.02

[r-prime]

Hey! Would you know if there are any docs for datapack coding? Thanks in advance. Love what you're doing btw

[heroplayer]

A question for 8:03
Do the differently named functions still loop, or how should I do it?

[TheBrewingMiner]

How can I edit the loot table for a husk? I got a data pack for its head already but I want to make it drop 1-3 sand

Tired of ripping up my world for sandstone

[kurouls_]

Question uhh.. how do u exactly use (invisible) armor stands to have some sort of a custom model for it?

[lolsflint]

Ayy I was already doing #1
edit: and #2 lol

[talwat]

Step 11 Is useless to the people who use VsCode with the Datapack Helper Extension.

[metheorites]

i try just to make the game say "hi" and it doesn't work 😓

[miathegaymer]

How do I make a function command that executes a command? Trying to do this for my server.

[ImpulseDuck]

How do i loop a command forever without keep spamming commands on datapack